Funeral services set for 6-year-old boy

Funeral services for 6-year-old Dominic S. Brown are slated for Saturday, while investigators from the Worcester District Attorney's office await autopsy results to determine why the child died.

Paul Jarvey, a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early, said Wednesday that a cause of death had not yet been determined but it is not considered suspicious. Dominic died suddenly Sunday morning while he was with his father, Stephen M. Panosky, in Holden.

Pupils at North Brookfield Elementary School, where Dominic attended first grade, paused for a moment of silence when they returned from winter break Wednesday, one parent said.

Dominic leaves his mother, Meishara D. Brown, and a brother, Nathan M. Brown, according to his obituary. He was a member of the local Tiger Scouts and played basketball.

Officials had alerted parents of the death using a reverse calling system. The school was cleaned and the state department of public health was contacted, officials said.

Calling hours are from 5-8 p.m. Friday with a funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Congregational Church on Main Street, Rutland. Dominic will be laid to rest at Worcester County Memorial Park in Paxton.